Tuesday, 26 September 2017

Anambra community praises govt. over N20m project, endorses Obiano for second tenure

The
people of Akpo community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State have endorsed
the state governor, Chief Willie Obiano for a second term, saying that they
were marveled over his numerous achievements in office.

President
General of Akpo Development Association (ADA), Engr. Godwin Ezeno, who
disclosed this in a press briefing, explained that Obiano has reached out to
the entire populace through various projects including the N20m-Community-Chose-Your
Project ongoing across the 177 Anambra communities.

“There
are other projects and initiatives like Anam bridge which cut across Nmiata,
Iyiola Anam to Aguleri, three flyovers at Awka, renovation of ABS, prompt
payment of workers salaries, establishment of oxygen plant at Chukwuemeka
Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital, construction of roads and
maintenance of existing ones” Ezeno added.

According
to him, Akpo invested its N20M community chose yourself project on Agriculture through
construction of fish ponds, chicken pens and administrative offices to
compliment the governor’s agricultural programme.

He
said the project would create employment opportunities to their teeming
populace, boost food productions and income when completed.

The
President General, who was flanked by Secretary General of the union, Dr Nkaa
Dim, Nze Leonard Ezeno, the first Vice President, Chief Humphrey Ikebido, PRO
to Akpo Igwe-in-council, and others, however, appealed to the governor to
consider the community roads and schools as part of the projects to be executed
by his government during his second tenure.

“We
appreciate him for promoting our son to the rank of Permanent Secretary in the
civil service, for giving us 4KVA transformer and other goodies so numerous to
mention. We are appealing to him to remember our two roads his government
earlier designed as parts of the projects to be executed during his second
tenure. Also, our schools need renovation and more teaching staff,” he said.

Ezeno
further commended the governor for providing adequate security in the state
which he said were instrumental to the administration’s ability to attract both
national and foreign investors, and urged other governorship candidates to
forgo their ambitions pending when Obiano has concluded his second tenure.

“It
is an accepted norm that everyone has a right to aspire to the highest seat of
the land. We equally appreciate the fact that some gladiators know that they
are mere pretenders. We hereby wish to beg them to support the incumbent
government. We want them to be ready to accept defeat in good fate at the end
of the election in order to move our state forward. It is not a do or die
affair!” he maintained.